LG 42LB5D

Basics:

42" (diagonal) widescreen LCD television
Good build quality on the whole, though some edges on the plastic casing were left "sharp" (I'm OCD about fit and finish)
Not that heavy for its size (one person can lift it, in or out of packing carton)

Special features and nice touches:

RS232 port at the back to allow external control (by LinuxMCE for example)
Power LED is red on standby, and switches to green when set is on (thank goodness, blue-LED fever is abating! :-)
Brightness can be instantly adjusted via two remote buttons -- the only thing better would be a photosensor that adjusts things automatically for ambient light (but that's what hacking is all about ;-)

Picture fidelity:

Crisp picture when provided with full quality source (e.g. true HD)
Crisp picture with some ghosting when using the RGB-PC input with a standard (though longer than average) VGA video cable -- I will try to add a photo of the effect; the lowest-tech connections (S-Video, RF, and the like) for PC video are NOT recommended!
A touch blurry with low-end sources (S-Video, RF) like older game systems, but still a fairly good overall picture; I have yet to test other signal methods with my game systems (requires special cables I don't yet have).

Usability:

The OSD UI and remote are excellent. Both the menus and the buttons are laid out sensibly, and the system incorporates a great idea for settings that are cyclic (most are): the first time you press a button (e.g. aspect ratio), it brings up an OSD reminder of the current setting; subsequent presses will cycle through the available options. It's simple, and effective at preventing accidental setting changes by a single inadvertent button press on the remote.

Resolutions:

Warning: This TV is not one of the Plug and Play TVs. It does have a serial port, but it is not recognized by the Setup Wizard.

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